1997 club car problems with voltage reg

[GeraldO]

I have a 1997 club car gas that will not crank when you connect the yellow wire from the voltage regulator to the starter generator. When I unplug the wire it will crank. I have put another starter generator on it and same thing happens. What do you thinK?

[shadowman]

check the wiring for it something has to be miswired...........................

[GeraldO]

I have it out on bench right now --It does same thing on bench. Do you have any ideas

[shadowman]

it shouldn,t have anything to do with cranking the engine if it has a good battery, i can understand it not charging the battery...........have you tried jumping the solenoid while its in there and hooked up? if not put it back in and hook it up if cart dosn,t crank at all try jumping large post on solenoid see if it cranks over.....post..........................

[GeraldO]

The car will turn over fine--When I hook up the voltage regulator the car will just sputter, backfire and will not crank. It wont crank until I unplug the yellow wire off the starter generator-then it will crank fine. Thanks for any advice. GeraldO

[shadowman]

Originally Posted by GeraldO

The car will turn over fine--When I hook up the voltage regulator the car will just sputter, backfire and will not crank. It wont crank until I unplug the yellow wire off the starter generator-then it will crank fine. Thanks for any advice. GeraldO

if its not cranking how is it sputtering and backfiring? has to be cranking for that to happen....unless i,m not understanding.........do you mean when its hooked up cart just won,t run? be patient and help me out here we,ll get it just need to make sure i,m understanding you right.......................

[crash12888]

Test the V/R for a direct short to ground.

[shadowman]

crash if its shorted will it keep the cart from cranking over? i have never had one short out so i don,t know how it effects the cart from cranking over..........................